The print magazines that Propertyfinder acquired when it bought Hot Property have been closed, after advertising fell off.
The publications are London Property News, a monthly, plus two weeklies, Hot Property and Renting.
The titles primarily listed agents’ properties on the market, with some editorial.
Gillian Kent, chief executive of Propertyfinder, said: “The internet is the undisputed future of property advertising. We have seen an accelerated shift to online advertising in these difficult markets. We have therefore decided to cease publication of our print titles and focus on our core online property advertising business.”
Property magazines close as advertising slumps
27 April 2009
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Paul Green, you say: "Anyone visiting these sites during office hours in my office will be reprimanded." - Any chance of a job? My friend Frank Bough would also like to be considered.
Hardcopyjunkietoonlinefundie YOU REALLY REALLY EFFED UP MATE!! Well done stephen.
Google search "WHAT PUBLICATIONS DO THE BBC HAVE?"
Quote: BBC Magazines are the third largest magazine publisher in the UK, currently with 50 titles, including most of the subject market leaders, including motoring (Top Gear), food (Good Food) and gardening (Gardeners' World).
Have a look. LOLOLOLOL
No problem stephen.i'll make sure to buy the latest bbc magazine or newspaper when i'm at Waterstones again.
Hardcopyjunkie. where are you coming from "Does the BBC have hard copy NO" What a load of tosh. The BBC have more magazines and books in print than anyone. If you are going to make completely ridiculous comments make sure you know what you are saying. Then again you may be an NAEA professional Estate Agent so maybe you do talk gibberish all the time!
Yay Andy, finally some1 2 ligten fings up a bit. U all take work 2 seriously
Facebook & You tube rock, you all suck, more Facebook less work for all !!!!
As you should be able to decipher from my messages, I am not a negotiator, the office managers lead by example. You clearly advocate surfing the net whilst at work hardcopyjunkie so you might want to try out www.dictionary.com, judging from your diction it will surely help with whatever it is you do for a living.
Well Mr Green. Maybe u should only repremand those negotiators who are surfing non work related sites. In our office,sites like facebook and You tube are blocked. So maybe its something you could consider, mite help yr negotiators. For sumone thats against surfing the net, u quite popular on this site.Leading by example?LOL
Lets be honest Hardcopyjunkie, surfing the net looking for industry information to help when dealing with potential buyers is a cop-out a really poor excuse for time wasteing. Your comment instantly made me question whether you have actually ever sold a property before. If youve got the time to stop work to surf the net, your not working properley, its all to easy to get distracted by other non related sites like facebook & youtube. A number of managers from other companies have relayed stories regarding the downturn in productivity due to the introduction of internet access for sales staff. If their not organising Friday nights out, their booking tickets for holidays and updating their Facebook profile. My negotiators know whats going on in the industry by working hard and doing their job properly, asking the right questions, if you had sold anything you would know exactly what im talking about. If they choose to read print or go online during their own time then i commend that too. But during office hours negotitators need to be concentrating on valuations & sales.
Thats right mate!This site brings me a lot of laughs, i love it. Look, no issues with Soldout at all mate, none what so ever. I used to read it every month.I actually look forward to seeing your new site.
james Mckane;never a dull moment with u around. Seems like u have some issues with Sold out. Neway, guess everyone needs to be moving with the times.Cant be riding a horse & Cart all our lives.
Touche! i think this whole conversation shows there is a place for things online in our industry. But people have been saying print will die for the past ten years! It probably will someday in the distant future but not anytime soon.
Looking back it seems like there is a Sold Out Sales Exec trying to get some exposure so he can earn himself somes sales commission... Hardcopyjunkietoonlinefundie why dont you just get your boss to pay for a banner mate.
Good to see that you are leading by example, Mr Green.....
Paul, i find that very dissapointing.Part of my job is too surf the net for the latest property news and i feel this should be importnant for any estate agency branch. how else is your team going to gain knoweledge on whats happening in the industry. Always good to know what you talking about when dealing with potential buyers
The Guardian hasn't made a profit for over 20 years but is still one of the countries most well-read newspapers, so why does everyone suddenly think that print is dying out?
And while online does allow for 'up-to-date' news, I spend more time reading a newspaper/mag. In essence, I'd rather sit on the toilet and read print, than go online and read crap. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Interesting how the lead story was about the closure of consumer property publications and now somehow its become a debate about trade publications Vs online websites. Estate agency is a sales environment, and my staff are supposed to be devoting their time to selling and not surfing the net. I think most estate agency business owners would agree that the internet can be an unnecessary distraction. Anyone visiting these sites during office hours in my office will be reprimanded.
Wow! It's like being ain Centre Court at Wimbledon. First the online mob take a swing, then it's the turn of the print mob. To be honest I quite like sitting on the toilet reading a mag. Don't fancy doing the same with my laptop!
No worries..Goodluck justine and i completely agree with u monkey tennis.I have heard soldout will be launching there new online site shortly. Quite keen to see what this looks like
Within 10 years all print media will have died out. I personally read the Times & The Sun (sport) online because its free, more up to date and more convenient for me. The only way these companies will survive is through advertising, Sun online already makes you watch an advert if you want to see footie goals. The growing clamour for us to save the planet is also speeding up this switch. Also local/regional newspaper property advertising is heading the same way but won't survive because as soon as people go online to read their local news, why would they bother on the property supplement when they can click on rightmove/primelocation and get greater choice.
Ooops! you did trade, my bad.
Anyways enough of this. I think im goin let a couple of flats this afternoon. LOL
i did say trade justine. also u mentioned News papers.i didnt say nething bout newspapers.i think estate agent today have a good thing going here,however some competition wouldnt be a bad thing.
So i guess, Metro, The Sun, The Mirror etc will all be goin bust soon then... somehow i dont think so. But i guess we will have to wait and see. Anything can happen. I do like this site though.
have to agree with Gillian Kent.Online is defnitely the way to go. Gone are the days of print, especially wen it comes to trade publications. People just dont have the time to sit down with a magazine adn page through it unless they on the toilet.Do the BBC have a hardcopy?NO NO!purely online.so go online.
LOL
Those are some funny comments. Why hasnt anybody mentioned Negotiator, they are still doing two mags a month...
I saw Estate Agency news a couple of months ago at another branch and it was only 12 pages. Is that one still around?
I agree that some of the more traditional agents are still technophobic - there's an agency around the corner from us that are still mainly paper-based!
Is that true about Sold-out mag? I subscribed last year and only received about 5 copies - complete waste of money. I hope they're not owned by Neil Patel.lol.
Well, i dont think print is dying when it comes to Estate Agency as most agents are Technophobic and still using ?????@aol.com and????@btinternet.com email address.
However saying that, Sold Out have stopped publishing their magazine. Now that was 40+ pages of pure.... advertorial. Us agents might be hated but we sure aint stupid!
I think they are trying to copy Estate Agent Today... i wouldnt worry if i were you Rosalind.
??? What has this story got to do with Sqm? Which to be honest I quite like!
SQM? I've seen better journalism in Razzle...but fewer voluptuous women.
Hot property and London Property News were poor magazines proving that us agents will not pay for useless advertising.Agree that sqm should follow.Hot property website was apalling as well(and yes ....I did try it)
Pity they didn't buy SQM as well.
Not surprising as print is a dying industry anyway. Websites like this are the way forward.